A GROVEDALE man armed with a chainsaw was struck with a shovel multiple times until the shovel broke, a Geelong court heard yesterday.

Luke Shields and Bradley Mark appeared separately and under heavy police guard at Geelong Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday with both displaying sutures to head wounds.

Mr Shields, 35, of no fixed address is charged with affray and assault with a weapon.

Mr Mark, 36, of Torquay Rd, Grovedale is charged with affray, assault with a weapon, threats to kill, criminal damage and committing an indictable offence while on bail.

Detective Senior Constable Naomi Bourke told a bail hearing for Mr Shields that, about 1pm on Wednesday, the accused attended a Grovedale address where he had an altercation with Mr Mark.

“Mark armed himself with a chainsaw and Shields armed himself with a shovel and the two fought across four lanes of traffic in Torquay Rd, narrowly missing being struck by cars,” she said.

“Staff from a Caltex servo saw Mark fall over on the road and Shields pick up the chainsaw.

“The fighting continued into the KFC driveway in front of terrified families, who ran inside and barricaded themselves in.

“A witness described Mark holding Shields down and saw blood coming out of Shields’ head.”

Sen-Constable Bourke said the fight continued with Mr Shields striking Mr Mark multiple times with the shovel until it broke.

“At some point the fighting stopped and Mr Mark walked north in Torquay Rd, while Mr Shields wandered near a chemist,” she said.

“Police arrived and, when confronted, Mark jumped onto the bonnet of the police vehicle and smashed the windscreen with officers inside.

“OC spray was deployed and he was arrested.

“Shields was arrested outside Subway.”

The officer said both men had lacerations to their heads which required stitches.

“At 1pm the suburban shopping area was busy and terrified onlookers feared for their lives,” she said.

“Shields was recently released on a three year Community Corrections Order for armed robbery, has been using drugs since his release and poses a significant risk to the safety and welfare of the community.”

Mr Shields, who was told several times to be quiet during the hearing, started screaming abuse telling the court to ‘f--- your bail application’ and ‘f--- all youse dogs, you’re all lyin’ f---in’ dogs’.

Magistrate John Lesser called a halt to proceedings and Mr Shields was returned to the cells with his bail application adjourned part-heard till January 29.

Mr Mark was remanded in custody, with no application for bail, to February 23.

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